The Formula One series has
its roots in the European Grand Prix motor racing (q.v.
for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. A number
of Grand Prix racing organizations laid out rules for
a World Championship before World War II, but due to the
suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers
Championship was not formalized until 1947, and was first
run in 1950. A championship for constructors followed
in 1958. Non-championship Formula One races were held
for many years, but due to the rising cost of competition,
the last of these occurred in the early 1980s.Learn
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The F355 out-performs any previous Ferrari
with an 8-cylinder normally aspirated engine.
This meant designing an aesthetic body to the
highest aerodynamic specifications. On the
one hand the designers had to achieve a front
and rear Cz to match the car's performance.

Team McLaren Mercedes arrives at
the historic Monza circuit, near Milan,
to contest the 2005 Italian Grand
Prix, round 15 of the Formula One
World Championship.

Following the 40th Grand Prix
victory of the McLaren and Mercedes
Benz era, the 144th in the history of
the McLaren marque, at the
inaugural Turkish Grand Prix, Kimi
Raikkonen has reduced the gap at
the top of the Drivers' World
Championship to 24, with a total of
71 points.

Few cars look as dramatic as the new TVR
Sagaris. While motorsport is never far from
TVR's designers and engineers minds, the
rigorous demands of the endurance racing
arena were the foremost priority in the
design of the Sagaris.
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